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The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) emergency operations centre expanded the evacuation order zone for the Clowhom Lake fire Sunday to encompass 10 properties.

Reggie Rabbit and the Search for the Golden Carrot features a white-furred adventurer played by puppeteer Kris Fleerackers. Fleerackers (who operates and voices the eponymous rabbit) performs alongside actor and theatre instructor Shannon Rody. The two head up the all-Sunshine Coast production which is spearheaded by series creator William Baker. 

Also, as autumn beckons, a dozen Sunshine Coast choirs are starting rehearsals and preparing for concerts in late fall or winter. Coast Reporter has prepared an encyclopedic listing of these euphonious ensembles.

Cost escalations have meant the Trail Bay Seawalk Improvement Project has been rejigged a couple of times, including removal of mobile vendor pads.

On Oct. 3 Sunshine Coast photographer, Mario Traina, will be speaking to the Sunshine Coast Camera Club about infrared photography: 'While I use traditional composition, lighting and post production software, infrared photography creates another version of reality for the viewer to experience. The medium is perfect to capture the natural beauty of the Sunshine Coast.'

Area E has just a handful of unmissable annual events. One such event is a weekend at the Fall Fair at Quality Garden & Pet on Pratt Road, landing this year on Oct. 8 and 9.

A rezoning to allow up to 117 townhouses off of Shoal Way passed second reading Sept. 6.

Proposed reservoir could provide water by summer 2024

The Sunshine Coast Electric Vehicle Association (SCEVA) had a booth at Fully Charged LIVE Canada in the Vancouver Convention Centre last weekend, the first show of its kind in North America.

'The general population of the Sunshine Coast is not at risk at this time,' emergency operations centre director Rob Michael says as the BC Wildfire and the SCRD respond to a 231-hectare fire at Clowhom Lake.